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The big fallout between Mboya and Jaramogi in 1958

Tom Mboya, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta and Oneko at the Kamkunji Rally to mark Kenyatta day celebrations on Oct 20, 1965. [File, Standard]

Assassinated Cabinet Minister Tom Mboya was not quite the likeable and affable character that emerged in death.

Mboya's propensity to rub people the wrong way, particularly his political opponents, was the stuff of a legend.

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